Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills song)
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"Wish You Were Here" is the title of a song recorded by American
country musician Mark Wills
. The song reached the top of the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) chart. Released as the third single from his album of the same title
, it was also Wills' first Billboard number-one single.
magazine that it while some people say it is a sad song, "it's really a very positive, optimistic love song about life after death."
United States
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country musician Mark Wills
Mark Wills
Daryl Mark Williams is an American country music artist, best known professionally as Mark Wills. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label — Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute and And the Crowd Goes Wild — as well...
. The song reached the top of the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) chart. Released as the third single from his album of the same title
Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills album)
Wish You Were Here is the second studio album of American country music artist Mark Wills. Released on May 5, 1998, on Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, all of which made top 10: "I Do ", "Don't Laugh at Me", "Wish You...
, it was also Wills' first Billboard number-one single.
Background
Wills told BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine that it while some people say it is a sad song, "it's really a very positive, optimistic love song about life after death."
Chart positions
"Wish You Were Here" debuted at #54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 23, 1999.| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 34 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 4 |